Personality Kuda yang Digunakan untuk Equestrian di Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta

RATNA PUSPITA SARI, Ir. Tri Satya Mastuti Widi, S.Pt., MP., M.Sc., Ph.D., IPM., ASEAN Eng. ; M.Danang Eko Yulianto, S.Pt., M.Si.

2020 | Skripsi | S1 ILMU DAN INDUSTRI PETERNAKAN

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi personality kuda yang digunakan sebagai kuda equestrian di Yogyakarta. Ekor kuda yang digunakan sebanyak 26 ekor kuda, terdiri atas 21 ekor bangsa Peranakan Thoroughbred (Thb Cross-bred) dan 5 ekor bangsa Warmblood. Data yang diambil meliputi karakteristik kuda ( bangsa, jenis kelamin, dan umur), dan personality kuda equestrian. Data karakteristik kuda diperoleh dengan cara wawancara kepada pelatih atau pemilik kuda. Data personality kuda equestrian diperoleh dengan cara pengamatan dan penilaian selama dua minggu di kandang pada pukul 11.00 sampai pukul 15.00 kemudian pengamatan di umbaran pada pukul 07.00 sampai 11.00. Penilaian Personality , mengikuti protocol assessment (Lloyd, 2007). Data personality kuda berdasarkan urutan skor dianalisis menggnakan uji Kruskal- Wallis, sedangkan untuk memperoleh variansi kumulatif dan nilai eigen menggunakan analisis faktor dengan metode Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Personality kuda meliputi lifelines, anxiousness, domination, forsesight, dan stereotip, yang diektraksi mengunakan PCA, masing-masing dengan nilai eigen lebih besar dari 1 dan dapat menjelaskan 63,11% dari total varian. Personality yang digunakan untuk pemilihan kuda equestrian yaitu Lifelines (aggressive, excitable, subordinate), Anxiousness ( eccentric), Domination (curious), Forsesight (Slow), Streriotip (popular). Berdasarkan penelitian dapat disimpulkan, bangsa kuda yang banyak dipergunakan untuk kuda equestrian di DIY yaitu bangsa Thb Cross-bred, dan personality yang paling mendominasi yaitu lifelines. Kata kunci: Kuda equestrian, Personality score, Personality assessment, Analisis personality utama.

This research was aimed to evaluate the personalty of horses used for equestrian in Yogyakarta. Twenty six horses consisted of 21 Thb Cross-breds and 5 Warmblood, were used. The data obtained, included horse�s characteristics (breed, sex, and age), and equestrian horse personality. Horse characteristics were obtained by interviewing the horse owners or trainers. Equestrian horse personality were obtained by observing and evaluating for two weeks in the stable at 11.00 to 15.00 then observation outside field at 07.00 to 11.00. The personality assessment was following the protocol assessment according to Lloyd's (2007) with some adjustment. Data of horse�s personality were analyzed using factor analysis with the main analysis method which performed five personalities and were labeled as activeness, anxiety, dominance, foresight, and stereotype. Five personalities were extracted by principal component analysis, each with an eigen value greater than 1 and accounting for 63.11% of the total variance. Personality which was used for equestrian horse selection were activeness (aggressive, excitable, subordinate), anxiety (eccentric), domination (curious), carefulness (slow), streriotype (popular). It can be concluded that the horse that was widely used for equestrian in Yogyakarta was Thb cCross-bred, and the most dominant personality was activity. Key words: Equestrian horses, Personality score, Personality assessment, Principal component analysis.

Kata Kunci : Equestrian horses, Personality score, Personality assessment, Principal component analysis.